T’Challa is changing things though. I mean we can’t all go, but he is making outreaches to children in Oakland, so...it’s a start, you know?

The NFL owners have to be livid. They’re blaming Trump for all of their actions, and he’s all like, well, i’m willing to concede that the players might have a point. He’s really trying to avoid that Kap subpoena.

That’s some Aunt Lydia level shit right there

>some churches refusing to accept the LGBT community

>since “not a jot nor tittle” is supposed to be negated by the New Testament.

That’s fucking atrocious. Your poor friend.

Yes, exactly! This quote leapt out at me:

I was raised in a very conservative, Pentecostal/Evangelical church, and was a very pious child that realized early in my teens that it was mostly bullshit. My parents both managed to leave the church but keep their faith. For them, I think it takes the pressure off. They don’t have to worry about wrestling with moral…

Yes, I want to throw out the ten commandmants - at least four of them are bullshit - and the entirety of the old testament. I want to throw out all the old hatred and vileness - any book that even offers that slavery should be allowed AT ALL is by definition evil as fuck.

Paul was the fucking WOOOOOOOORST.

I was raised deeply religious and my sisters and I could not even wear shorts or a bathing suit in front of my dad or brother. My mom was always telling us to cover up. She said if we didn’t, it would cause men to lust after us, and it was our own fault if that happened. When my dad did end up groping me it really…

Decisionmaking takes energy. It’s a great shortcut to have all that done for you. Religion is like a Cliff Notes for life. You just look up the answer at the end of the chapter summary and say that.

I remember talking about this in philoosphy of psychology class my senior year in college. There were the women who were championing the whole Electra BS, along with the most of guys save one of my best friends in ROTC and a (conservative!!!!) contrarian dude.

The saddest part of Evangelical culture is it places the impetus of maintaining purity on women. I remember a specific situation in my high school youth group where my friends and I were called out *in front of the group* by a young female youth leader who lamented that our style of dress was corrupting her husband.…

So, what he’s saying is you should poison your abusive spouse, right? If you’re sorry enough, you’ll be Forgiven, so it’s a win all around! Prayer fixes everything, after all.

“WHERE THERE ARE MEN IN POWER, THERE WILL BE MEN ABUSING IT.”

That sums it up. I remember at a young age and seeing the pastor getting too close to the mothers or acting strange around the kids in various churches. It all makes sense now but I know there are now adults who understand what happened to them and will…

you’re surrounded by saucy young jezebels who are going to destroy your reputation the first chance they get

White evangelicals are obsessed with maintaining cultural dominance, which they don’t understand (or actively deny) as a central tenet of white supremacy. This was a really great and important piece.

I was trying to explain this to my sister who thought I was being a downer.

President Obama said that people cling to their God and guns. People didn’t get mad because he was wrong - they got mad because he was right.